While in Istanbul, Turkey for the 2012 World Chess Olympiad,
Roberto Hernandez got a chance to have a photo taken at the booth of the next
2014 WCO in Tromso, Norway. He inquired also about the 2016 WCO to be held in
Baku, Azerbaijan. Roberto is now a regular participant in the last 3 Olympiads
–Russia, Turkey and now Norway.
WHY IS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
MATCH CARLSEN-ANAND HUNG-UP
MATCH CARLSEN-ANAND HUNG-UP
FIDE has already twice extended the “final deadline” for
submitting applications for hosting of the world championship match between
Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand, however neither site nor prize fund of the 2014
duel for the throne are known yet.
Remember that the previous application deadline was March 15, the start date of the candidates tournament in Khanty-Mansiysk. This date aroused bewilderment—in contrast to the match in Chennai, which was made known long before the challenger had been determined (after Moscow, more accurately Andrei Filatov, in 2012 bought back from the Indians the right to host the match)—this time no one expressed interest in holding it. FIDE had hopes that the country of the organizer would be determined with the name of the tournament winner—Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan or Bulgaria could have been fully capable of organizing the match.
But . . . The tournament was won by Anand! After the 2013 painful home fiasco it is unlikely that a single Indian company would want to take upon themselves the burden of holding the new match. Noway, which has the task of strengthening the supertournament in Stavanger and chess Olympiad, was not among the list of potential organizers.
Ilyumzhinov moved back the date for considering applications to May 1, motivating it by the fact he had a “great option.” The organizer he left unnamed promised 10 million dollars for holding the match, but . . . he “required a bit more time.” Interest in holding the match independently from the plans of the FIDE president was expressed by representatives from Khanty-Mansiysk and Shamkir. So, Ilyumzhinov was waited for in Azerbaijan for possible negotiations, but he did not come to the closing ceremony of the Vugar Gashimov Memorial, and after a day FIDE announced that he has no applications for the match.
Former world champion Garry Kasparov, who is battling Ilyumzhinov for the FIDE presidency in Tromsø, did not fail to take advantage of the situation to take a stab at his opponent. “FIDE can’t even find a sponsor for a match with the charismatic young champion Carlsen, that says it all!” he wrote on twitter.
“As I see it, there are two reasons why there still hasn’t been named the organizer of the match,” opined Carlsen’s manager Espen Agdestein. “Firstly, there is too little time. In two months it is very difficult to organize an application. Secondly, as we know from the experience of the previous match, the global interest in chess is huge, but as before, the commercial conception of a world championship match hasn’t been systematically developed. FIDE needs to find a new approach to the problem of selling the match.”
Somehow or another, neither the site, nor the prize fund of the match for the throne are yet known. This time FIDE is no longer announcing any kind of concrete deadlines. We’re still waiting...
Remember that the previous application deadline was March 15, the start date of the candidates tournament in Khanty-Mansiysk. This date aroused bewilderment—in contrast to the match in Chennai, which was made known long before the challenger had been determined (after Moscow, more accurately Andrei Filatov, in 2012 bought back from the Indians the right to host the match)—this time no one expressed interest in holding it. FIDE had hopes that the country of the organizer would be determined with the name of the tournament winner—Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan or Bulgaria could have been fully capable of organizing the match.
But . . . The tournament was won by Anand! After the 2013 painful home fiasco it is unlikely that a single Indian company would want to take upon themselves the burden of holding the new match. Noway, which has the task of strengthening the supertournament in Stavanger and chess Olympiad, was not among the list of potential organizers.
Ilyumzhinov moved back the date for considering applications to May 1, motivating it by the fact he had a “great option.” The organizer he left unnamed promised 10 million dollars for holding the match, but . . . he “required a bit more time.” Interest in holding the match independently from the plans of the FIDE president was expressed by representatives from Khanty-Mansiysk and Shamkir. So, Ilyumzhinov was waited for in Azerbaijan for possible negotiations, but he did not come to the closing ceremony of the Vugar Gashimov Memorial, and after a day FIDE announced that he has no applications for the match.
Former world champion Garry Kasparov, who is battling Ilyumzhinov for the FIDE presidency in Tromsø, did not fail to take advantage of the situation to take a stab at his opponent. “FIDE can’t even find a sponsor for a match with the charismatic young champion Carlsen, that says it all!” he wrote on twitter.
“As I see it, there are two reasons why there still hasn’t been named the organizer of the match,” opined Carlsen’s manager Espen Agdestein. “Firstly, there is too little time. In two months it is very difficult to organize an application. Secondly, as we know from the experience of the previous match, the global interest in chess is huge, but as before, the commercial conception of a world championship match hasn’t been systematically developed. FIDE needs to find a new approach to the problem of selling the match.”
Somehow or another, neither the site, nor the prize fund of the match for the throne are yet known. This time FIDE is no longer announcing any kind of concrete deadlines. We’re still waiting...
Solution to last week’s puzzle: 1. Rd1 Bb2 2. Ra1+!! Bxa1 3. Nc1
mate.
This week’s puzzle: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next
issue)
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 23
Issue 60
July 28, 2014
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